Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 22:12:16 08/25/03
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On August 26, 2003 at 00:13:19, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >1) Run a partition manager on your HD, i.e.: fdisk >2) Locate for garbage-OS like Windows 3.x,9x,Me,2000,XP,2003... >3) Delete the partition containing such OS >4) Create Linux partitions and install your chosen Linux distro >5) Run Linux 6a) Go to local community college and spend a year learning how to properly install, secure, and administrate linux. OR... 6b) Wait about a day before something breaks or you get hacked because you don't know how to use linux. Post on message boards asking for help, only to receive massive flaming and "RTFM!" posts. Goto 6a. Linux isn't really for home users, yet, IMO. I use Windows almost all of the time at home, because I like to be able to use my computer while I'm at home, not spend hours each night trying to fix something or get it to do what Windows does without any extra work. At work it is a completely different story. I work part time at a library while I go to school, and even in this relatively non-computer environment I wish everyday that we used unix instead of windows. Everyday we have several new emails: "server is down", "rebooting server", "server back up", "server down again". We have computers that the public uses to surf the net, write their resumes, or whatever. You wouldn't believe how many problems we have with people. We have to call the police about once a month because someone won't get off the computer after their time slot is up, or two people get into a fist fight over a computer, or some other wild story. If we had unix, there woudln't be individual computers (just dumb terminals), and we could just kick people off the system, ban people, and shut down ONE computer at night when it's time to go home instead of having to beg people to get off a dozen computers.
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